Traveler&#39;s companion.



' 0. NELSON.

TRAVELBRS COMPANION.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.10,190B.

1,02 ,901, Patented June 11,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES NELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO S. STERNAU & C O., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A COPARTNERSHIP.

TRAVELERS COMPANION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed December 10, 1908. Serial No. 466,734.

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that 1. CHARLES NELSON, a subject of the King of. Sweden, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Travelers Companion, of which the following is a specification.

' The object I have in view is the produo tion of a culinary article commonl; called a traveling, companion, which comprises a kettle in which water is heated, a stand for supporting the kettle, and a lamp for heating it, the parts being so arranged that the stand and lamp may be stowed within the kettle when same is being transported.

By my invention I seek to improve the stand portion of the structure so that it properly eotiperates with the vessel support ing the same when the latter is in use, .and stowing snugly away within the latter when the device is being transported. I also seek to so construct the stand'and lamp, that the two cotiperate togethe; by means of which the lamp 'is held clear of the support on which the stand rests. The lamp also co operating with the stand keeps the latter in the open position.

These and further objects will more fully appear in the accompanying drawings and the following specification considered to gether or separately.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device in use showing a lamp, stand and vessel. Fig. 2 is a plan view, looking from below, of the stand with the vessel and lamp removed.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing the lamp in place. Fig. 4

is a. sectional view on the line 4- 1 of Fig. 2, showing tne lamp removed, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the vessel. showing the lamp and stand within the same when the latter is in condition for being transported.

In all of the views like parts are. designated by the same reference characters.

The kettle l, is shown as provided with a cover 2, and a removable handle 3. This handle when removed may be stowed away I within the kettle as shown in Fig.

The stand 4 comprises i 5, upon which the kettle directly rests. and legs 6 which support llir. ring or unuui. This ring or annulus 12 i sna l" metal. Thela 'i p 'r' is pa ring or annulus them separated, and at the same time the lamp is supported above the table o'r other support 9 upon which the stand rests while in use.

In order to get the proper distance of sep aration between the lamp and thebottom of the kettle, the legs of the stand would'be too long to fold within the latter without some means being rovided to permit the stand to be collapset I attain this liy pivot-ing the legs to the ring or annulus. he joint between the legs or annulus made by means of cats ltl lt), which are struck down from the material forming the annulus and which are connected together by a pin or pivot 11. Thelegs may be turned around these joints and folded inwardly, thus collapsing the stand. The legs are held in a separated position by engagement with the lamp. The flange 8 on the lamp engages with a notch 12 formed by properly bending the material of which the legs are n'iade.

It will be observed on reference to Fig. 3 that the left hand leg, which is shown in elevation, has the portion above the notch at 1'3 inclined inward or toward thev lamp. All three legs, if that number are used, are provided with a notch similar to the notch 12, and with an inclinm wall above it. This inclined wall has a. cam effect on the flange of the lamp and keeps the flange seated against the base of the not-ch.- In order to lift out the iamp, the legs must be slightly separated and. to permit this to be done they are made of a resilient material, as already stated. In order to hold the legs in position and keep them from springing out too far, their upper extremities adjacent. to the joint are bent upward at 14,'so that such bentup portion engages with the bottom of the ring or annulus when the lamp is in position. The ring or annulus is best made, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of a cup shape cross section in which the kettle 1,will rest. and be strongly supported. The bottom of the kettle 1, is flat, and the sides of the kettle taper toward such bottom so that when the parts are in place, in Fig. 5, the stand Will lie within the kettle, and when they are in place as in Fig. l, the kettle rests firmly and snugly let there is room to insert the usual "tea or t r entice maker and egg holder (not shown). j It is apparent that the number of legs may be increased without departing from thel spirit of this invention. 5

In accordance with the provisions of the 1 patent statutes, '1 have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consid to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention can be carried out in other ways.

Having now described any invention, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letfers Patent, is 2- 1. A. stand for a travclers companion comprising an annulus having ears fm'mcd in one side thereof, legs pivotally connected :0 said ears and having portions which co operate with said annulus to limit the outward movement of said which have notches on the inside thereof, and means adapted in cooperate with said notches to hold lens separated.

A iiann ior a travelers cempanionhaw zng an amu is ()i" ring, integral ears formed in suca ri =nd logs pivoted to the ears, and a lamp engaging with the legs and holding them separaied, the said legs having bent portions which engage with the bottom of the ring when the lamp is in place.

3. A stand for a travelers companion comprising an annulus, legs pivotally 'con 1 nested thereto and capable of a limited out-- ward movement and having notches on the inside thereof, and a lamp adapted to en gage said notches and hold said legs separated.

A stand for a travelers companion having an annulus or rin formed of sheet metal, ears struck down Tom the material forming the annulus, legs pivoted to the ears, and a lamp engaging with the legs and holding them separated, the upper extremities of the legs adjacent to the pivot being bent upward so that such bent up portion engages with the bottom of the ring or annulus when the lamp is in position.

5. A stand for a travelers companion having an annulus or ring, legs pivoted to the annulus or ring, said legs being provided with means acting in conjunction with the annulus or ring to prevent spreading of the legs, and alamp engaging with the legs and holding, them separated, each leg having a notch and an inclined Wall above it, such inciined wall having a cam effect on the lamp, keeping the same seated against the base of the notch.

This specification signed and witnessed this 7th day of Dec, 1908 CHARLES NELSON.

Witnesses JOHN L. Loccscn, J AS. F. COLEMAN. 

